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Add a test file to the folder in question and see what happens when you do things with it.

Well ideally you would have set one of the other computers as owner before the computer was formatted. Since that wasn't the case my guess would be to delete the share on all computers and then reshare the folder. Assuming you want to use B and C to restore A I would set B up as the Owner along with A and change permissions later.

As a technical point there is no reason that you can't use BTSync in the same manner as you are using Dropbox. Granted Dropbox et al are an easier solution (especially if your on PC with restricted access) but it is doable with BTSync probably moreso with 2.0.

I'm going to say because most people know what Dropbox is and virtually no one has heard of ViceVersa Pro but hey you may have won them a sale or two.

Use the read-only flag if you don't want the files removed from the location on the Linux box. I use Dropit so I am most familiar with it. How are you setting up your action rules? Because if you set your rule like this Watch: D:\AppCache\Sync\Complete Rule: *.mp3/.bts (not knowing the file types I'm just using it as an example) Action: Move Destination: D:\Complete\%subdir% In my testing that should result in the following: D:\AppCache\Sync\Complete\Folder1 with 0 files D:\Complete\Folder1 with all files and subfolders Note that I am moving the files but not the folders themselves with this rule. The %subdir% tells Dropit to recreate the subdirectory structure. I am also assuming that you don't have any other rules doing cleanup tasks that might be getting in way. If so you might want to adjust them so they operate only when the folder/file Date Modified time is older than X minutes and thus giving things time to settle down. Anyway hope that helps. If not I have more complicated ideas on how to make it work.

For what it is worth there are a number of bittorrent clients available that completely free (both of cost and ads). A little Googling will help you out.

You would have to connect the hard drive to another computer on the LAN but yes you could do the sync that way. Alternatively you might want to look into a sync tool like SyncToy which can actually sync files across hard drives on the same PC.

Alternatively, if you are happy with 1.4 - stick with 1.4

First I am reiterating the argument others are making as to why they do not think that Sync does not deserve subscription pricing second. No one says that Sync has no infrastructure however that infrastructure is minimal compared to Dropbox and the heavy part of the infrastructure requirements (things like hard drives, computers, and bandwidth) are actually placed the use. Third the tracker, relay servers, and even DHT are more for making things easier for the user - Sync though can function without them, although you will have to do more of you own configuration Really, you can't see that in one version you have unlimited folder for without having to pay a dime is different and more functional than a version that has a folder 10 limit? I get loving Sync. I get we may disagree on how important this difference is. I even get that it doesn't affect you, but that doesn't mean it isn't affecting somebody. How about a little intellectual honesty here though. More importantly you are ignoring the larger issue which is one of trust. They said none of the features of 1.4 would be put behind a pay wall. Regardless of how important you think unlimited folders is, they have gone back on their word, and they did it to make money. I don't know about you but in my world when someone doesn't do what they say they will, that erodes my trust in them. When it is a company to whom I am entrusting my data going back on their word because they think it will yield more money - well we may disagree, but I am seriously going reconsider whether I want to do business with that company because who knows what other promises they think are worth breaking. If a suitable alternative is available - it is certainly grounds for switching.

Well if you want to know why people are moving to other platforms you have to look at the reasons: 1) Subscription plan - most people don't object to paying for Sync but they do object to paying for a subscription for a couple reasons. First off because Sync is simply a program that provides functionality and does not have the infrastructure that needs to supported like Dropbox many people feel that a reoccurring charge is unjustified. There is also a independence factor. Many people like Sync because unlike say Dropbox if Bitorrent being a company then the program keeps working. Now that it is tied to a subscription who knows what happens if Bitorrent disappears. 2) The 10 folder limit - for most people the 10 folder limit isn't the problem in and of itself. The problem is that when 2.0 was announced they said none of the functionality in 1.4 would become a paid feature. Well 1.4 has unlimited folders. So now they have violated the trust they built up. This a big deal for a product that needs to be trusted to move personal data securely around the Internet. They already have an issue by not being open source. This just makes it worse because if you can't trust what the developers say, then who knows what they are doing with your data. Which brings us the question of why switch? Because that is how the system works. If you are not happy with a product, then you move on to something else. It is the only thing we as consumers can do to get what we want. It is why competition is a good thing. In this case of Bitorrent does not meet their subscription goals or sees people moving to other platforms like SyncThing then maybe they will change to something more palatable.

Well, one would hope - that if that day does come that they would do the right thing and flip the bit in a final update so it can continue operating without the subscription. Of course there is no guarantee of that.

It currently isn't that hard to find. The link is in the first pinned post on a link which leads to http://syncapp.bittorrent.com/1.4.111/. I do advise grabbing and archiving for your own purposes.

Well we won't know for another 27 days or so when the trial periods start expiring. Beyond that I would bet that majority of people are single licenses running looking to run their own sync solution, which can make the 10 folder a limit regardless..

Yes. Not only that it has prompted to finally start moving over to Syncthing.

Yep, I just saw that. Thanks.